Charlesia Raye and Zentrell White has fun during the Volunteers of America's Teen Outreach Program.

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Sherry P. Shephard

Those are the three essential goals of Volunteers of America's Teen Outreach Program (TOP). Jennifer Stinson, TOP coordinator, said the youth development program was designed in St. Louis by the Wyman Center, a nonprofit that focuses specifically on teens.

Stinson said the program became successful in St. Louis and now the nonprofit is spreading it nationwide. ...